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Public urged to be winter ready and well

Last updated on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

The Chief Medical Officer at Wirral University Teaching Hospital and Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Trust is urging local people to be winter ready and well this year. Dr Nikki Stevenson encouraging people across Wirral to make their health a priority and take simple steps to prepare for t...

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Endometriosis

Last updated on Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Our Women and Children’s Hospital provides a specialist Endometriosis Service.  Endometriosis is a condition where cells similar to those that line the womb grow elsewhere in the body, which can lead to inflammation and a complex set of symptoms, most commonly but not limited to pelvic pain. End...

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Vulnerable people to get urgent care at home

Last updated on Friday, December 20, 2024

Thousands of North West’s older and vulnerable people to get urgent care at home this winter Across the North West, thousands of older and frail patients will receive urgent treatment at home, as part of NHS plans to manage additional pressure this winter. Urgent Community Response (UCR) teams...

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Inclusive Promise Group

Last updated on Thursday, March 14, 2024

Inclusive Promise "Listening to me and respecting me as an individual"   Are You Committed to Delivering Personalised Care? At Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH), we recognise that every individual who walks through our doors has unique needs, preferences, and circumstances. That's...

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Gastro Dietitians

Last updated on Friday, November 1, 2024

Welcome to the gastro dietitian’s team at Wirral University Hospital (WUTH). Our team of registered dietitians specialises in providing dietetic care for patients with diseases of the liver, pancreas and the gastrointestinal tract. This specialism has a large component of chronic disease which of...

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Supporting Children’s Mental Health Week with the launch of a new text messaging service for young people

Last updated on Wednesday, February 3, 2021

To mark #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek and to support young people to manage their mental wellbeing, the 0-19 Health and Wellbeing Service in Wirral is proud to launch ChatHealth, a new text messaging service for 11-19 year olds.   Young people across Wirral will be able to find confidential advice...

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Award winning RHS garden donated to WUTH to celebrate 75 years of the NHS

Last updated on Wednesday, July 19, 2023

An RHS Silver Gilt award winning show garden from the Royal Horticultural Society Tatton Flower Show (19-23 July) at Tatton Park, Cheshire is being donated to WUTH Charity for replanting after the show. Silver Gilt is the second highest medal that RHS judges make for garden design and planting. T...

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International Men's Day Spotlight: Dave Farmer's Impact as a Male Midwife

Last updated on Friday, November 17, 2023

As International Men’s Day approaches, Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) celebrates the journey and contributions of Dave Farmer, Head of Midwifery, challenging the status quo as a male midwife and paving the way for inclusivity within the field of midwifery.  With less than 200 male mi...

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